Amid the flood of lost emails and other inbox fodder, seeing the Unconquered Peaks email ping through is the highlight of any Wimbledonian’s week. And Milly is the mastermind behind it all. We’ve sent this article in as a surprise to express our gratitude (and forced her to publish it x). The list below is a little collection of our favourite moments of her as our editor-in-chief. Thanks Milly for everything you’ve done! <3
1. Being thrown up against the wall by Milly, in the harsh lighting of the Sixth Form Cafe, to her declaration of ‘I need your headshot for the UP printed edition!’
2. Alternatively, being told your (painstakingly chosen) submitted headshot ‘just isn’t that nice’ and that you should try again and take a better one. Is honesty really the best policy?
3. Skulking outside Mr Turner’s office with her, debating whether a pastoral emergency is happening, or if we can just bulldoze in to ask about using his picture for an unflattering lookalike.
4. The tireless ‘articles for this week plsss’ texts, followed the next day by targeted, individual pleas if Milly knows you well enough to hassle you.
5. The way that Milly does all her writing and editing in the cafe. All of it. Surrounded by the constant hustle and bustle. Probably having a conversation at the same time too. A true multitasker. And dressed for it too – forever a corporate girlboss.
6. Kicking back in Pret, scouring the internet for a Chris Hemsworth picture that would make a convincing lookalike for Mr CC. Milly was using her Pret subscription as an emotional crutch to ease the stress of compiling an entire newspaper.
7. When she turned the Unconquered Peaks group chat into an interior design company so she could figure out the exact shade of blue needed for the printed edition.
8. Being on Facetime with her, listening to her reel off the word counts for the various articles for the printed edition. Single page or double spread? Crunching the maths for over 15 articles seemed a cruel task for a woman of literature.
9. Reading her scathing film reviews is an experience second to only hearing about them. No one does indignant quite like Milly…
10. The King’s apostrophe saga: Milly being told that King’s College has an apostrophe, listening to her despairing that she had already sent the article off, with about sixteen of said apostrophe errors (it was her commentary on the King’s match).
11. Allowing stressed Sixth Formers to vent their frustrations at the education system by getting them to subject their teachers to standardised testing (unsubtle hint to watch out for the annual teachers take GCSEs).
12. Finally, there is nothing like knowing that if you submit a humour article, it will sit in the hall of fame next to Milly’s distinctive journalism. She is unfailingly witty no matter the topic, and her absence at next year’s Comedy Night will be sorely felt.
If you catch a flash of stunning blond curls, or maybe a loud clatter as she drops her travel coffee cup, that’s Milly. She’s listening at the door to see if you liked this week’s edition of UP…
